Decorating With Candles and Musical Snow Globes
The use of glass for almost any object makes it better for decorating. A cluster of stone paper weights is nice, but a cluster of glass paper weights gives you more to look at and they reflect some of the light that falls on them. This is one of the great properties of glass.
Glass is essential to having music snow globes, as, obviously, something has to hold the water and “snow” inside the object. Porcelain would work as well, but you couldn’t see the snow or the scene, and you can see through a plastic snow globe but frequently they do not hold the water well.
For candles, glass is a must. Not only can glass hold and candle and the melted wax, but it allows the light through, using the candle light to spread the color and pattern of the glass candle holder all around itself. Add musical Christmas snow globes to a rank of glass pillar candle holders and fronted by a few glass votive candle holders, and you have a Christmas display that will charm everyone who sees it. (Keep the hot glass of the glass candle holders from touching the cooler snow globes.)
Wind up one of the musical snow globes, light the candles and watch the snow glisten in the colored light from the candle glass holder as it falls slowing onto the snow scene. This will certainly start a conversation among strangers, much less friends. Wind up a different musical snow globe as each one finishes until you have heard all the snow globe music. People will remember this year’s Christmas decorations and will ask if you are going to do the same display next year.
The pairing of musical snow globes and glass candle holders will brighten any winter arrangement you make with them.